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MANPATH(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual MANPATH(1)
NAMEmanpath -- display search path for manual pages
SYNOPSISmanpath [-Ldq]
DESCRIPTION
The manpath utility determines the user's manual search path from the
user's PATH, and local configuration files. This result is echoed to the
standard output.
-L Output manual locales list instead of the manual path.
-d Print extra debugging information.
-q Suppresses warning messages.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The manpath utility constructs the manual path from two sources:
1. From each component of the user's PATH for the first of:
-pathname/man-pathname/MAN- If pathname ends with /bin: pathname/../man
Note: Special logic exists to make /bin and /usr/bin look in
/usr/share/man for manual files.
2. The configuration files listed in the FILES section for MANPATH
entries.
The information from these locations is then concatenated together.
If the -L flag is set, the manpath utility will search the configuration
files listed in the FILES section for MANLOCALE entries.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of manpath:
MANLOCALES If set with the -L flag, causes the utility to display a
warning and the value, overriding any other configuration
found on the system.
MANPATH If set, causes the utility to display a warning and the
value, overriding any other configuration found on the sys-
tem.
PATH Influences the manual path as described in the IMPLEMENTATIONNOTES.
FILES
/etc/man.conf
System configuration file.
/usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf
Local configuration files.
SEE ALSOapropos(1), man(1), whatis(1), man.conf(5)
FreeBSD 10.1 September 1, 2010 FreeBSD 10.1